The Birds of Kuwait website
A Striated Heron, Butorides striata a new first for Kuwait
On 31st July Khaled Al-Ghanem photographed a Striated Heron, Butorides striata at Sulaibikhat Bay, which is a first for Kuwait. There were no…
A trip to North Eastern Turkey in July 2011
My family and I decided to spend a two week holiday at Uzungöl resort, Turkey. We arrived late in the evening on…
22/07/2011 Savi’s Warbler suspected breeding at JEO
The Savi’s Warbler has bred in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and has been suspected to breed in Kuwait…
03/06/2011 at Jahra East Outfall
I twitched Red Knot with Brian Foster, Mike Newey and Christine Canzanella today. The bird was found by Rashed Al…
20/05/2011 at Abraq Al Habari and a first record at Jahra Pool Reserve
Al Abraq didn’t produce much this morning. Brian and myself were still pleased to find European Nightjar. Most of the…
7/5/2011 at Abraq Al Habari
I visited Al Abraq early morning with Christine in order to face shooters and discuss with them (In Arabic with…
29/04/2011 at Jahra Pool Reserve
Jahra Pool Reserve was excellent for photographing waders. I spent two hours or so there with Brian. We managed to…
29/04/2011 at Pivot Fields, JEO and JPR
At Sulaibikhat Pivot Fields: Ortolan Bunting 20, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Black-winged Pratincole 20, Montagu’s Harrier 1,Pallid Harrier 1, Black-headed Bunting…
25/4/2011 at Jahra Pool Reserve
I visited today Jahra Pool Reserve with many foreign visitors including people from Spain, Finland and Germany. Management of the…
15-16/04/2011 birding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mike Pope and I went birding in Saudi Arabia on the 15-16/04/2011. We went as far as Zulfi, 370km south…
Birdwatching Tours in Kuwait
Welcome to the Kuwait Birdwatching Tours. We offer the best birdwatching and bird guiding tours in the Eastern Southern corner of the Western Palearctic. Thus, we have several bird specialties.
The Winter Tour
The Winter Tour focuses on finding very interesting bird specialties. These include Asian shikra, Hypocolius, Crab Plover, Crested Honey Buzzard, Eversmann’s Redstart, Indian Roller, Pallid Scops Owl, Red-tailed Wheatear, Hume’s Leaf Warbler, Afghan Babbler. Also, we offer custom-tailored birding trips in Kuwait.
Follow this link to see what Kuwait Birding Tours has to offer.
Birding Sites in Kuwait
This is the page that includes all birdwatching sites in Kuwait. When visiting Kuwait, as a birdwatcher/birder, one needs to know where to go for birdwatching. I compiled this list of birding sites to help birdwatchers know where to go and what to expect there. There is a diversity of birdwatching sites that is interesting; from the plain desert, where you see lark, wetlands such as the famous Jahra Pools Reserve, and desert oases such as Abraq al Habari, the Jal al Zour ridges, and the coastal areas. Thus there is a diversity of birds in this small country. The Birdwatching Sites page also includes a state-of-the-art interactive map of all birding sites in Kuwait. See it here!
Kuwait Bird List
The Bird of Kuwait List is the official Kuwait Bird List, validated, endorsed, and approved by Kuwait Ornithological Rarities Committee (KORC). The Kuwait Bird Checklist is reviewed and updated after every KORC meeting. The status of each bird in the Kuwait bird list is stated under each species’ name and is what KORC has agreed upon based on our current knowledge. The Highest Daily Count (HDC) is stated under the status is taken from the past database and is now heavily dependent on data obtained from data entered in eBird.org or from records reported directly to me from trusted birders. See the list here.
The Kuwait Bird Photo Gallery
I have compiled a bird photo gallery of all the bird species recorded in Kuwait. The gallery includes some status text now, but I will be adding more text and distribution maps, both local and worldwide, as I finish them. I will be adding more photos shortly when I am not busy.
Please visit the Kuwait Bird Photo gallery here link…
Hi Jenny, Yes, I do remember when I guided you. I will be doing bird watching tour in Saudi Arabia…
Hi, when I stayed in Kuwait about 7 years ago, you took my husband and I into the desert for…
Beautiful collection
Thanks, Paul, Abdulrahman